Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: convey – convulsive
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convey (-ing), v. [OFr con + veie < L. via, way.] (webplay: air, bear).
- Transport; carry; conduct; move from one place to another.
- Send; give; deliver; impart; communicate.
convict (-ed, -s), v. [L. convict-, stem of convinc-ere; see convince, v.] (webplay: convince, heard, prove, show).
Prove guilty; convince of error; impress with a realization of wrongdoing.
convicted, verbal adj. [see convict, v.] (webplay: acknowledge, proving, sentence, show, tribunal).
- Condemned; proven guilty; convinced of wrongdoing.
- Indicted; legally prosecuted; found culpable; declared guilty in a court of law.
conviction (-s), n. [L. convictiĊn-em; see convict, v.] (webplay: evidence, heard, prove, truth).
- Judgment; value; standard; personalized set of beliefs; [plural form] scruples; manners; [pejorative] prissiness; hypocrisy; self-righteousness.
- Condemnation; the proving or finding one guilty of an offence.
- Sure knowledge; strong belief; something of which one is convinced.
- Certainty; fortitude; fearlessness; strength; a surety of one's correctness.
convince (-d), v. [L. convinc-ere, overcome, conquer, convict, demonstrate.] (webplay: convict, God's, prove).
Persuade; convert; cause to accept; induce to acknowledge.
convinced, verbal adj. [see convince, v.]
Sure; certain; firmly persuaded.
convincing, verbal adj. [see convince, v.] (webplay: proof).
Persuasive; believable; trustworthy; authoritative.
convoy (-ing), v. [Fr.; see convey, v.]
Escort; attend; guard; accompany for protection.
convulsion, n. [L. convulsion-em.]
- Spasm; seizure; involuntary and irregular contraction of the muscles.
- Tumult; commotion; turmoil; upheaval; [fig.] agony; anguish; writhing caused by torture.
convulsive, adj. [L. convulsiv-us.]
Agitated; unsteady; trembling; shaky; [adverbial] in agony; with anguished movement.